Cardiac metastases from a squamous cell lung carcinoma in the absence of local recurrence – a unique case

J. Emeryk-Maksymiuk, A. Grzywa-Celińska, R. Celiński, K. Szewczyk, A. Zwolak

Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Poland. justyna.emeryk-maksymiuk@umlub.pl

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• Cardiology

OBJECTIVE: Metastatic tumors of the heart are much more frequent than primary tumors. In this paper, we present the uncommon case of heart metastases of a squamous cell lung carcinoma.

CASE REPORT: The study is a description of a unique case of cardiac metastases from lung cancer in the absence of local recurrence. The patient had a squamous cell lung carcinoma and underwent pulmonectomy two years before, followed by four cycles of chemotherapy.

RESULTS: We report this case to raise the awareness of cardiac manifestations of neoplastic diseases that are usually underdiagnosed.

CONCLUSIONS: According to our knowledge, there is no such case described in the literature. Heart metastases are significantly underdiagnosed. Although the survival prognosis is very poor, earlier diagnosis could provide the chance to start the treatment and to prolong patients’ life.

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